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all right so you guys have been raging at me about all the networking especially powerline networking topics that we've been doing so we're taking a break and we're going to be doing a fiesta of uninterruptible power supplies so today we have an APC unit APC is one of the better-known brands for UPS's our uninterruptible power supplies they've got a lot of information on their box here so we're gonna go ahead and break the seals and then see what APC has to say about themselves for this particular power saving battery back up here we go so first of all it is 1000 volt em so that is up to 600 watts of power that can be driven off of the battery in this unit with up to 121 minutes of runtime I guarantee you that is not what 600 watts but that is more of a maximum eight outlets with a three-year warranty as well as AVR technology this prevents them into loss of computers and peripherals internet modems and wireless routers okay sure why not photo music and video libraries yeah if you you know plug in your your video library appliance do it external storage ah you can also save up to $45 see the back panel for details interesting annual energy savings okay how much runtime aha here we go so 18 minutes with a graphics workstation approximately 240 watts you know PC LCD monitor speakers etc I would say that's pretty conservative I can definitely build a computer that can suck more than 240 watts from it but well we'll get to that when we do look at that those 40 Watts 40 watts is there 121 minute quote interesting what do we got back here all-out best-in-class a PC peace of mind covers your entire back ups for three years and offers a hundred and fifty thousand dollar lifetime equipment protection policy cool Gigabit Ethernet and coax surge protection good to have for battery backup outlets with surge protection as well as I guess for that do not have battery backup yep okay cold start capability allows you to power up the unit for temporary emergency battery power when utility power is already out cool automatic diagnostic testing okay ensures that you back ups is ready when you need it fresh button circuit breaker yep efficient charging system recharges your back ups in eight hours and ensures your critical equipment remains available when the power goes out cool easy to read LCD AM powerchute personal edition AHS software to help you automatically shut down if the power turns out so you don't you know lose your work or whatever else building wiring fault indicator for surge protection only outlets automatic voltage regulation corrects incoming utility power without utilizing the battery very good that can help make your equipment last longer and it's true because even if you have pretty good power in your house or building or wherever you happen to be about some included accessories here moving a coax cable of all things um even if you have pretty good power there is still a chance that the slight fluctuations that happen on a daily basis or even an hourly basis can over time cause damage to your computer or monitor or whatever else that you have plugged it directly into the wall look at that huh well check this up comes with a little QA test receipt things showing that it passed all of the various test is set battery constants and put output phase angle capacitive load verification cool over all past it's actually signed by some guy whose name is apparently V alright stop halt something connect battery oh ok so if you don't connect the battery that's that's bad so uh okay how'd you do okay so the battery is we have to pull off some kind of pull on it why you guys give me a moment yeah so on the reason I couldn't find anything that slid or moved was because the sticker was obviously covering it sticker doesn't come off very cleanly which is a minor complaint but you know the unbox a lot of hardware you develop a lot of minor complaints so basically this part just comes off yeah whatever it comes off and then what you do to connect the battery is lift and pull the tabs oh then flip it over man it's heavy LED battery there we go and sweet there we are okay so let's have a look at the unit itself for optimal power saving settings and recommended configuration see the manual okay good to know and then other than that we've got a speaker button on the front so I'm guessing that's to silence the alarm power as well as like a menu looking sort of button on the back we find ah Ethernet cable USB in serial okay I guess it comes with Lincoln adapters yeah neat building wiring fault as well as surge protection only and battery backup as well as circuit breaker push to reset so I'm guessing this is controlled by software in here so that's come neat and then you got like a nice beefy power cord coming off of it so thank you for checking out my unboxing of and I never actually said the model of this man did I terrible this is the APC back UPS Pro 1000 don't forget to subscribe - tech tips for more unboxings of power ups